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Re:Rare Minoan sealstone in the treasure-laden tomb of a Bro... by ubernostrum on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @05:42AM (#15651174)
Or they had techniques to miniaturize things.

Which is not out of the question; scaling a drawing up or down can be done with pretty simple tools (this is how a couple guys in Kentucky reproduced a Nazca-style giant figure back in the 1980s, with no access to flying saucers or mystically-levitating priests).

Re:Rare Minoan sealstone in the treasure-laden tomb of a Bro... by michrassena on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @11:41AM (#15654066)
A pantograph is a simple machine that came along quite late. I can imagine a similar machine for carving, but I think it's quite easy to view the past with our own perspectives. The pantograph, and this speculative carving machine, are labor saving devices. I assume the Minoan sealstones were custom-made, one-of-a-kind items for those important enough to use them. While labor was cheap in most cases, those in need of this specialized skill were able to pay the cost.